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Following Student Volunteering Week, Tasleem Patel, our Head of University Student Mentoring, writes about the impact that having a mentor can have on a young person's life.
Hilai Qahari took part in a BCBF internship back in 2016. Here, she explores the ways in which companies can strive to make themselves more inclusive, both to improve social mobility, and so that businesses can benefit from the range of talent and experience diversity can bring.
Success in supported under-resourced students starts with investing in our staff. Emily Magrath, Head of Programme Delivery and Operations (South and East of England and the West Midlands) shares how IntoUniversity's Developing Excellence in Delivery (DEiD) approach is positively impacting programme delivery.
Our model is based on creating permanent physical spaces in areas where our support can reach the highest number of young people in need. However, areas change. Andrew McWhirter, Assistant Head of Operations and Programme Delivery, explores the process of 're-feasibility', and how IntoUniversity uses this to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of each of our centres.
As we speed through September, let’s take a moment to pause and reflect on the brilliant school holiday programmes we ran throughout the summer.
Steph Copsey, Outreach Manager at the University of East Anglia and former Academic Support volunteer, reflects on the impact of IntoUniversity centres and the importance of a student-centred and holistic approach to access work.
Rachel Carr, our Chief Executive and Co-Founder, reflects on the little moments in a students' journey that are so essential on the longer road to success, as well as the little moments which have defined IntoUniversity's partnerships.
Year-long partnership to get young people facing disadvantage more confident about the world of work.
This summer, we will run our tenth annual Big City Bright Future programme, a three-week paid work experience programme, created especially to help school leavers who aspire to work within competitive industries. We spoke to two former IntoUniversity students who took part in the programme about the little moments from the programme that affected their career pathways.
